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• Alida Vis, Terschelling († 1953)
• Alexander Muller, Boelekomba (Makassar)
• Alethea Cecilia Petronella Henning, O'Lot Farm, OFS, South Africa
• Alida Bouman, Maassluis
• Anje Ridder, Garmerwolde († 1979)
• Abraham Haeck, Bruinisse gem. Schouwen-duivenland,Zeeland,Nederland († 1954)
• Aaltje Goud, s-Gravendeel († 1880)
• Aaltje Verhoek († 1879)
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Houben
• Manning

• Adriana Pulles (73), Baardwijk
• Aria de Graaf (0), Maassluis, 6131, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Hendrika van Amersfoort (2), Beekbergen, Apeldoorn
• Antonius Hermanus Smeltzer (3), Groenlo
• Aleida Hendrika van Amersfoort (2), Beekbergen
• Aaltje Jans de Groot (76), Haren
• Albert Keijzer (72), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Brox (57), Esch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Verstraten (74), Zaamslag
• Anna Catharina Denijs (De Nijs, De Neys, Denis) (80), Eeckeren

• 1865 » Wilfred Grenfell, English physician and missionary († 1940)
• 1866 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright († 1949)
• 1873 » William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor († 1912)
• 1878 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer († 1929)
• 1882 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1882 » José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher, lawyer, and politician, Mexican Secretary of Public Education († 1959)
• 1883 » Seán Mac Diarmada, Irish rebel leader († 1916)
• 1884 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1887 » William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter († 1966)
• 1894 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1964)

• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Gerardus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Jacoba
14. Trijntje
15. Antje
16. Petronella

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
• February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
• February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
• April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
• May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
• August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.

The temperature on February 28, 1879 was about 2.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.